Tag: Oil Spills

How Venezuela’s Oil Industry has Devastated the Environment

Gas flares and leaking pipelines from Venezuela’s once-booming oil industry, hobbled by U.S. sanctions and mismanagement, are polluting towns and a major lake.

Where the New Climate Law Means More Drilling, Not Less

A compromise built into the law ensures oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico for the next decade. Activists say the region has been “sacrificed” to fossil fuels.